CS 457 / 557 -- Computer Graphics Shaders

Winter Quarter 2025

http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/cs557

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This page was last updated: January 17, 2025

Attention Ecampusers!

A special welcome to all you Ecampusers! Glad to have you here!

As Ecampusers, you will experience the same course that the on-campus students experience. Same material, same notes, same projects, same quizzes, same tests, same online Office Hours, and same me. There are recorded videos that go along with the notes (they are called "LV" for "Lecture Videos" and you will see them in the same table that has links to the notes).

Like I do whenever I have Ecampus students, I will setup a time every week to do a Live Lecture so that you also can hear a discussion of the topics with the chance to ask live questions. You can also ask questions in the Zoom Chat, and I will answer them in a document that I will post in the same place I post the recorded LL videos.

The Live Lectures will be Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 PM PT. It will be on Zoom at:
https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/8340727662?pwd=b01tZ0hJUzdHNUtrdTRqSkdwbG4zdz09
I am out of town on Wednesday February 5, so there will be no LL that day.
On-campus Shaderers are welcome to come as well.

These Live Lectures will be recorded so that if you miss them, you can catch them later.

Thanks, Ecampusers, for being here!

Stuff You Should Be Interested In:

• CS 450/550 Pixar Guest Speaker Rob Russ has let us know that a new trailer for Pixar's Win or Lose has just dropped here. This is Pixar's first espisodic release. It comes out on Disney+ on February 19.

• The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program called SURF. Go here to find out about it. Since they are a US government agency, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident to apply. The Gaithersburg, MD site is especially interested in writing GLSL shaders for scientific visualization. (They are the ones who sent me the link and a plea to get CS 457ers to apply.) The work can be remote, but you would get more out of it by going there. The deadline to apply is January 31.

  Their shader announcement says: "Developing GLSL Shaders and Converting them to run in ParaView: Shaders have enormous potential to enhance insight in our scientific visualizations. Even small simple shaders can make a big difference. We are developing a library of shaders for this purpose. NIST has a self-contained environment specifically for the development and testing of shaders. After testing, we want to transfer them to ParaView, a free and open-source software system that we use on our computers and in our immersive visualization environment (our CAVE) for visualization. The initial task would be to develop a small set of shaders in the NIST protected shader environment and then port them to the ParaView software environment.
  Background required C++, Python, geometry, computer graphics."

  BTW, if you want to find out more about ParaView, go to: http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/paraview

• We have all been heartbroken watching the horrendous fires happening in Los Angeles, with all the damage and human suffering. If this affects you in a way that is making it difficult to focus on your shader-work, please reach out to me. You are not alone.

• Attention Linux users! If you run the sample shader program and get a seg fault, go to the InitGraphics( ) function and comment out the #ifdef WIN32 and its corresponding #endif. (Some versions of Linux need the GLEW statements and some don't. I don't know how to test for the difference...)

• Attention Mac users! Alert student Joseph Liefeld found that his Mac g++ compiler was choking on the <vector> and <map> #include files (which have been standard in C++ for years) in glslprogram.cpp. He found that it had to do with a recent update Apple put out to the Mac OS, specifically Sequoia 15.1, and was resolved by removing and then reinstalling the Xcode tools:
  

  
  $ sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
  $ xcode-select --install
  

• So that you can plan ahead, Test #1 will open at 12:01 AM PT on Wednesday, February 5. It will close at 23:59 PT on Saturday, February 8. It wil consist of 40 questions, on Canvas, multiple choice, open-notes, closed friends.

• So that you can plan ahead, Test #2 will open at 12:01 AM PT on Wednesday, March 19. It will close at 23:59 PT on Saturday, March 22. It wil consist of 40 questions, on Canvas, multiple choice, open-notes, closed friends.

• Our "signature object" this term is a snake in honor of this being the Year of the Snake in the Chinese New Year calendar starting January 29. Get one of the snake OBJ files here:

  Vertices	Triangles	File
  3,226	6,120	snake.obj
  18,689	36,720	snakeH.obj

  These OBJ files have normals and texture coordinates. Left-click on a file to see what it looks like. Right-click on it to download it.
  Thanks to Free3D for the model!

• If you use Kaltura to make your turn-in videos, be sure your video's permissions are set to Unlisted. You need to proactively do this -- this is not what the default setting is. Canvas makes this ridiculously difficult and usually doesn't work anyway. Instead, the best way to do this is to go to: http://media.oregonstate.edu , then:
  1. Login
  2. Go to My Media
  3. Click on the video
  4. Using the ACTIONS pull-down menu on the right, select Publish
  5. Select Unlisted
  6. Select Save

• Check out this human heart model. Notice how the texturing, lighting, and transparency cntribute the the understanding of it.

• Check out this newly-released report on the State of the Game Industry.

• For all you CGI movie fans, Pixar has dropped the trailer for Elio, which opens June 13.

• From Disney Imagineering -- a floor that lets VR users walk in place! See it here.

• Occulus made a VR movie called Henry the Hedgehog. It's really cute. There are, no doubt, a lot of shaders in here. The constant jerkiness is from the viewer looking around the scene.

• Here is a blog post on advice for aspiring game developers. I'm not sure how to assess the validity of the advice, but thought you'd like to see it anyway.

• Here is one of my favorite Pixar shorts, chock full of simulation and shader special effects. It's called Piper and can be found here. Sure to make you say "Awwww...".

• Many of you want to know more about 3D-scanning real objects. Check this out! Here is a video explanation of Adobe's Substance 3D Sampler. Here is the web page for it. Apparently there is a 30-day free trial. If you try it, let me know what you did and how it went.

• This CS 457/557 shader, find, helps you identify key parts of objects by their (s,t) or (x,y,z) coordinates: find.glib, find.vert, find.frag. It's useful to isolate certain parts of objects in order to do some effect on them without affecting the rest of the object.

• Cool CG simulation of an Oregon earthquake!

• Because our classroom computer won't handle render-to-texture, I made a video of the demo I was going to show you. Here it is.

• There is a web site to help you pick color sequences that are colorblind-friendly. It is: http://colorbrewer2.org

• Some museums have been photoscanning cultural heritage items in their collections and then have uploaded them to Sketchfab here. Check them out! They're free.
  As these are items of cultural heritage, if you use them, please be respectful.

• Click here to see the calendar of student events.

• Here is one of the most amazing cat animations I've ever seen!

• Here is a great source of texture images: https://3dtextures.me/

• The OpenGL 4.6/GLSL 4.60 Reference Card can be found here.
  This isn't absolutely essential to print out, but it is really handy to have around.
  

• Check out these optical illusions. Very cool!

• Here is an Online 3D Model Converter, which you might find handy to convert 3D model files into different formats for your own use.

• Here is a Online Image-to-BMP file converter, which you might find handy to convert images you find into BMP files for use as textures.

• Here is another Online Image-to-BMP file converter, which you might find handy to convert images you find into BMP files for use as textures.

Graduation! Graduation! Graduation!

1. On Friday, June 13 (the Friday of Finals Week), EECS will hold its annual Graduation Celebration. The event runs from 3:00-5:30 at Gill Coliseum and there is a reception afterwards in the plaza just outside. Invite your friends and families to join us to celebrate your extraordinary achievement! Ecampusers: this includes you too! Go here for more information.

   BTW, this will all be livestreamed for your friends and relatives that cannot attend!

2. The all-university graduation is the next day, Saturday, June 14. Ecampusers: this includes you too! Go here for more information.

3. And, as if that isn't enough, Ecampus holds a special reception for all online graduates, Saturday morning, June 14, 7:30-9:00 AM, leaving you plenty of time to lineup for the all-university graduation. Watch here for an eventual web link!

Job-Hunting Information:

• The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program called SURF. Go here to find out about it. Since they are a US government agency, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident to apply. The Gaithersburg, MD site is especially interested in writing GLSL shaders for scientific visualization. (They are the ones who sent me the link and a plea to get CS 457ers to apply.) The work can be remote, but you would get more out of it by going there. The deadline to apply is January 31.
  Their shader announcement says: "Developing GLSL Shaders and Converting them to run in ParaView: Shaders have enormous potential to enhance insight in our scientific visualizations. Even small simple shaders can make a big difference. We are developing a library of shaders for this purpose. NIST has a self-contained environment specifically for the development and testing of shaders. After testing, we want to transfer them to ParaView, a free and open-source software system that we use on our computers and in our immersive visualization environment (our CAVE) for visualization. The initial task would be to develop a small set of shaders in the NIST protected shader environment and then port them to the ParaView software environment.
  Background required C++, Python, geometry, computer graphics."
  BTW, if you want to find out more about ParaView, go to: http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/paraview
• Here's an article on What are employers looking for when reviewing college student resumes?
• And an article on How to survive internship applications and interviews: Best practices from Campus Experts
• Find out about NASA Internship Programs
  If you get one of these, come get me -- I'll go with you. :-)
• Find out about Google Summer 2025 Internships and Jobs
• January 15 -- Virtual Career Showcase for online CSers
• January 16 -- Engineering Careers in Semiconductors
• January 22, 1:30-4:00 -- EECS Networking Day.
• February 5 -- OSU Career Development Center Virtual Fair
• February 9, 11:00-2:00 -- Virtual Winter All-Industries Career and Internship Fair
• February 12 -- Engineering Virtual Engineering Connections Fair
• February 19, 11:00-3:00 -- On-campus Winter All-Industries STEM Career and Internship Fair at the CH2M-Hill Alumni Center.
• The EECS student Career and Networking Events Calendar can be found here.
• There is a great book called: Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job
  It prepares you for CS interview questions by suggesting strategies and giving a nice review of data structures, recursion, and other programming information you might be asked about.
  Best of all, the OSU library has it in electronic form. Click here, scroll down just a little bit, then click on View and download full book.
  (I have a paper copy of it if you'd like to see it.) Also, it's under $30 on Amazon
• The magazine Computer Graphics World had an interesting article on Looking for a Job in CG.
• Here are a couple of articles about job opportunities in 3D graphics entitled Realtime Skills Wanted and Visualizing the Future. However, know that these articles were co-sponsored by Unreal Engine, so clearly the conclusions are self-serving. They are interesting anyway.
• Also, here is a Podcast about How to Make Money doing 3D. The part about How to Apply for a 3D Job comes in at 15:32.

What We Will Be Doing

The goals of this course are to leave you "career-ready" (i.e., both work-ready and research-ready) for tasks that require the implementation of graphics algorithms in the form of shaders.

CS 457/557 topics include:

• A more advanced look at the graphics pipeline
• A more advanced look at transformations, including non-linear
• Lighting
• Color
• Opacity
• Step boundaries
• Smooth step boundaries
• Positional and gradient noise
• Fractional Brownian Motion (FBM, 1/f, octave) noise
• The OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
• GLSL Vertex shaders
• GLSL Fragment shaders
• GLSL Geometry shaders
• GLSL Tessellation shaders
• GLSL Compute shaders
• Shaders for image manipulation
• Shaders for displacement and bump mapping
• Hiding data in textures
• Using shaders in visualization

Graphics Card Levels

If you are wondering what types of shaders your own graphics card supports, check this table. You can tell what shaders the card supports by looking at the Shader Model (or Shader Level) or what DirectX / OpenGL version it supports:

Shader Model	OpenGL	DirectX	Supports
3.0	2.x	9	Vertex, Fragment
4.0	3.x	10	Geometry
5.0	4.x	11	Tessellation, Compute

We will cover all of these different types of shaders.

Prerequisites

If you don't have any of these under your belt, I suggest that you look over the CS 450/550 class notes, which can be found here.

Professor

Office:	Kelley 2117 (2nd floor, south side)
Email:	mjb@cs.oregonstate.edu
Phone:	541-737-2542

Prof. Bailey's Zoom Office Hours:

Total Office Hours

There is no Required Textbook!

Course material will consist of my notes and web pages.
All required course materials for this class will cost you $0.00 (i.e., free).

Optional Textbook

There is a textbook, based on the notes for this class.

But, don't buy it! At least, not yet.

But, the book does have more detail in places. If you want to see what is inside it, there is one in the CGEL "library". It is chained to the bookshelf. I also have one in my office.

Bailey and Cunningham, Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-56881-434-6. If you do end up wanting it, it is available through Amazon, or through CRC Press. Last I looked, it was cheaper on the CRC site. Not sure why.

Other Good References

Handouts and Recorded Videos

Class Schedule

To see an Academic Year calendar, click here.

Class time is: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:40.

Unless otherwise specified, all of our classes will be in Learning Innovation Center (Linc) room 210.

Note: this schedule is my best guess at where we will be when. It is only approximate.

Week #	Starting Date	Topics
1	Jan 6	Introductions. General course information. History of Shaders The graphics pipeline -- how it really works. Homogeneous coordinates. Coordinate systems: Model, World, Eye, NDC, Clip, Screen. Introduction to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) Attribute, Uniform, and Varying variables GLSL built-in functions and variables glman The GLSL API The GLSLProgram C++ class Vertex shaders
2	Jan 13	Stripes in model vs. world coordinates The smoothstep( ) function Checkers Z-buffer pollution Geometry Morphing GLSL Textures: unsigned byte, floating point, 2D, 3D, parameters, binding, texture units, multitextures, sampler functions Using textures in the vertex shader: displacement maps Noise: Positional, Gradient. Cubic and quintic interpolation. Fractional Brownian Motion (FBM, 1/f), turbulence. glman Noise Reading a noise texture Using noise to create terrain
3	Jan 20	More noise Lighting Disco-ball Lighting Bump mapping
4	Jan 27	SSAO Morphing Timer Noise Terrain
5	Feb 3	Cube mapping Reflection, Refraction More fun with vertex shaders: Dome projection, Hyperbolic geometry. Test #1 Review Test #1 goes live at 12:01 AM PT on Wednesday, February 5. It closes at 23:59 PT on Saturday, February 8. It wil consist of 40 questions, on Canvas, multiple choice, open notes. A Public Service Announcement: Valentine's Day is coming up quickly!
6	Feb 10	Happy Valentines's Day on Friday! Discuss the Final Project. Image Manipulation Render to Texture
7	Feb 17	The optics of rainbows The optics of diffraction The optics of lenses Geometry Shaders A one-page PDF project proposal is due to me by 23:59 on Wednesday, February 21. Turn it in on Teach.
8	Feb 24	Geometry Shaders Tessellation shaders Scientific Visualization using shaders
9	Mar 3	Compute Shaders Click here to see the Compute Shader particle system from the class notes. Advanced Bump Mapping: Surface Local Coordinates Advanced Bump Mapping: Normal Mapping Advanced Bump Mapping: Parallax Mapping
10	March 10	Algorithmic Art Vulkan and its GLSL Shaders Test #2 review. Test #2 goes live at 12:01 AM PT on Wednesday, March 19. It closes at 23:59 PT on Saturday, March 23. It wil consist of 40 questions, on Canvas, multiple choice, open-notes. More Information

Live Lectures

At a day and time to be determined, I will be hosting a Live Lecture on Zoom. We will go over some current course materials and see live demos. The important thing is that it will be a time for you to ask live questions. Each LL will probably last anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes.

Attendance at the LLs is optional. These sessions will be recorded (see below) in case you missed them.

Here is my Zoom-room.

LLV = Live Lecture Video

Sorry, I got so excited to start LL#1 that I didn't hit the record button right away.

Week #	LLV	Chat
1	LLV	PDF
2	LLV	PDF

Projects

Project Turn-In Procedures

• Your project turn-ins will all be done on Canvas. You will turn in your source and PDF files:
  1. Your source files: .cpp, .glib, .vert, .frag, .geom
  2. A short PDF report containing:
     • Your name
     • Your email address
     • Project number and title
     • A description of what you did to get the display you got
     • A cool-looking screen shot from your program
     • The link to the Kaltura video demonstrating that your project does what the requirements ask for. If you can, we'd appreciate it if you'd narrate your video so that you can tell us what it is doing.

• To see how to turn these files in to Canvas, go to our Project Notes noteset, and go the the slide labeled How to Turn In a Project on Canvas.

• Be sure that your video's permissions are set to unlisted.. The best place to set this is on the OSU Media Server.

• A good way to test your video's permissions is to ask a friend to try to open the same video link that you are giving us.

• The video doesn't have to be made with Kaltura. Any similar tool will do.

• Do not zip, tar, rar, etc. any of the files. Just upload them all individually.

• Electronic submissions are due at 23:59 PT on the listed due date.

• You can create the videos any way you want. Kaltura is quick, easy, and OSU has a site license for it. Here is how to use Kaltura. Zoom recording also works well.

• Please keep the videos short and to the point. Just show us what the grading rubric shows that we are grading on. Don't, don't, don't use the video to walk us through your code.

Bonus Days and Late Assignments

Projects are due at 23:59 on the listed due date, with the following exception:

Each of you has been granted 5 Bonus Days, which are no-questions-asked one-day extensions which may be applied to any project, subject to the following rules:

1. No more than 2 Bonus Days may be applied to any one project
2. Bonus Days cannot be applied to tests or quizzes
3. Bonus Days cannot be applied to the Final Project Proposal, the Final Project, or the CS 557 Paper Project

If you turn in a project three or more days late, your score is a zero.

If you turn in a project late and you don't have enough Bonus Days left to spend on it, your score is a zero.

You don't need to ask me, or even tell me, that you are using Bonus Days. Just turn your project in one-or-two days late. I have a script that will check your turn-in date and deduct the Bonus Days.

It is up to you to track how many Bonus Days you have used up. However, I also keep a spreadsheet of all of your Bonus Days. If you lose track, send me an email and ask.

Grading

The quizzes will be done via Canvas. They will open each Friday at 12:01 AM PT and will close Sunday night at 23:59 PT. Canvas is very unforgiving about due times -- don't push it.

Your final grade will be based on your overall class point total. Based on an available point total of 1120, grade cutoffs will be no higher than:

Points	Grade
1080	A
1060	A-
1040	B+
1020	B
1000	B-
980	C+
960	C
940	C-
920	D+
900	D
880	D-

Notice that this grade scale is not 90%-80%-70%-60%. That is because I just do a soft grade on the projects.

Downloadable Files

Here is a folder with some of my favorite OBJ files.

Opening up the ShaderSampleWindows.zip or ShaderSampleLinux.tar or ShaderSampleMac.tar file will produce a folder full of all the other files you need. You do not need to go hunt the internet for any other files. Use the ones that have been given to you.

Windows Visual Studio 2022 Sample Program	ShaderSampleWindows.zip	Un-zip, get into the ShaderSampleWindows folder, and double-click on the .sln file, then select Build→Clean Solution, then select Build→Build Sample, then select Debug→Start Without Debugging
Linux Sample Program	ShaderSampleLinux.tar	Un-tar (tar -xvf ShaderSampleLinux.tar), then cd ShaderSampleLinux, then make sample, then ./sample
Mac Sample Program *	ShaderSampleMac.tar *	Un-tar (tar -xvf ShaderSampleMac.tar), then cd ShaderSampleMac, then make sample, then ./sample
Sample shader files	pattern.glib, pattern.vert, pattern.frag	Right-click to download and save
Windows Visual Studio 2022 Shadows Program	Shadows.zip	Un-zip and double-click on the .sln file, then select Build→Clean Solution, then select Build→Build Sample, then select Debug→Start Without Debugging
BMP-to-Texture function	bmptotexture.cpp
Our own version of the sphere-drawing function	osusphere.cpp
The C++ class to use GLSL shaders	glslprogram.h, glslprogram.cpp
Code to load an OBJ file	loadobjfile.cpp
glm Folder	glm.zip	Un-zip into your VS project folder
Keytime Animation C++ class	keytime.h , keytime.cpp
2D Noise Texture	noise2d.064.tex
3D Noise Texture	noise3d.064.tex
The find shader	find.glib, find.vert, find.frag
Shader code to produce the rainbow and heated-object color scales	colorscales.txt
Mars Panoram	MarsPanoram.zip

* Previous Mac users in this class have recommended that, rather than use the trackpad, you go get a Bluetooth 3-button mouse. If you need to use the Mac trackpad, I've been told that a two finger click/tap works as a right click and option+click works as a middle click.

If you want to use an OBJ object in glman, download it and include it in your GLIB file like this:
Obj spaceship.obj

Or use an OBJ file in your C/C++ file by including the file loadobjfile.cpp into your own code. Then, place the .obj object into a display list:

// global variables:
GLuint DL;
GLSLProgram Pattern;

. . .

// do this in InitGraphics( ):
Pattern.Init( );
bool valid = Pattern.Create( "pattern.vert", "pattern.frag" );
if( !valid )
	fprintf( stderr, "Pattern shader could not be created.\n" );
else
	fprintf( stderr, "Pattern shader successfully created.\n" );

. . .

// do this in InitLists( ):
DL = glGenLists( 1 );
glNewList( DL, GL_COMPILE );
LoadObjFile( "spaceship.obj" );
glEndList( );

. . .

// and do this in Display( ):
Pattern.Use( );
. . .
glCallList( DL );
Pattern.UnUse( );

Other Files

To download files, right-click on their links.

1. .obj files

2. Want to use the Nvidia Lobby in a cube map? Here are the files:
   nvposx.bmp
   nvnegx.bmp
   nvposy.bmp
   nvnegy.bmp
   nvposz.bmp
   nvnegz.bmp

3. Want to use the Kelley Engineering Center Atrium in a cube map? Here are the files:
   kec.posx.bmp
   kec.negx.bmp
   kec.posy.bmp
   kec.negy.bmp
   kec.posz.bmp
   kec.negz.bmp

Downloadable Executables

1. noisegraph.exe
2. glman.exe

You might also need these dlls:

1. glew32.dll
2. glut32.dll
3. libcd.lib
4. libcid.lib
5. msvcr71d.dll

Class Rules

Other Useful Online Graphics and Shader Information

• OpenGL:
  • Industry-wide OpenGL Information: http://www.opengl.org
  • The OpenGL 1.1 State Machine Diagram http://www.opengl.org/documentation/specs/version1.1/state.pdf
  • Free OpenGL textbook rscfullbook.pdf
  • Another free OpenGL textbook http://openglbook.com/
  • The OpenGL 4.6 Reference Card can be found here.
    This is not absolutely essential to print out, but it can be really handy to have around.
  • OpenGL Man Pages: https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL-Refpages/gl4/

• The GLUT Library:
  • PDF GLUT Documentation: https://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/glut-3.spec.pdf

• The GLUI Library:
  • OpenGL User Interface (GLUI) Documentation https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/glui/Documentation/GLUI%202/glui_manual_v2_beta.pdf?viasf=1

• GLSL:
  • The OpenGL 4.6 Reference Card, which includes a lot about GLSL, can be found here.
    This is not absolutely essential to print out, but they can be really handy to have around.

• WebGL:
  • Khronos group's WebGL Page: http://khronos.org/webgl
  • OSU WebGL site: http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb/webgl
  • three.js: http://threejs.org/
  • JQuery user interface: http://api.jqueryui.com/
  • Ed Angel's WebGL site for his book examples: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel/BOOK/INTERACTIVE_COMPUTER_GRAPHICS/SIXTH_EDITION/CODE/WebGL/

• SIGGRAPH (The Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics): http://www.siggraph.org

• ACM Digital Library (where a lot of SIGGRAPH papers can be found): http://dl.acm.org You can get at this for free if you come in from an OSU domain.

• Game Information:
  • Game Developer: http://www.gamedev.net

• 3D OBJ Files you can download:
  • Free 3D: https://free3d.com/
  • TurboSquid: http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/free/obj
  • SketchFab https://sketchfab.com/features/free-3d-models
  • Level of Detail book support (free): http://lodbook.com/models

• WebGL isosurface of low-frequency 3D noise function http://kirox.de/test/Surface.html

Student Resources:

Academic Calendar

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Counseling and Psychological Services

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CAPS can be reached by:
Walking in the door: 5th Floor Snell Hall (2150 SW Jefferson Way)
Email: caps@oregonstate.edu
Phone: 541-737-2131
Fax: 541-737-2518

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Establishing a Positive Community

It is important you feel safe and welcome in this course. If somebody is making discriminatory comments against you, sexually harassing you, or excluding you in other ways, contact the professor, your academic advisor, and/or report what happened at https://studentlife.oregonstate.edu/studentconduct/ reporting so we can connect you with resources.

Academic Dishonesty

You are expected to do your own work. Helping each other, with explanations or clarifications, is OK. Sharing code with each other or copying code from someone else's archive site (e.g., github), however, is considered cheating. Anyone caught cheating will receive a score of 0 for that assignment, and the matter will be turned over to the Dean of Engineering's Office.

You are expected to read and understand Oregon State University's Statement of Expectations for Student Conduct, found here: https://beav.es/codeofconduct . If there are any parts of this document that you don't understand, ask me!

Students With Disabilities

Accommodations for students with disabilities are determined and approved by Disability Access Services (DAS), https://ds.oregonstate.edu/. If you, as a student, believe you are eligible for accommodations but have not obtained approval please contact DAS immediately at 541-737-4098 or at disability.services@oregonstate.edu . DAS notifies students and faculty members of approved academic accommodations and coordinates implementation of those accommodations. While not required, students and faculty members are encouraged to discuss details of the implementation of individual accommodations.

All materials used in this course are designed to be accessible. If you require accomodations, please contact DAS immediately.

Student Bill of Rights

OSU has twelve established student rights. They include due process in all university disciplinary processes, an equal opportunity to learn, and grading in accordance with the course syllabus. See: https://asosu.oregonstate.edu/advocacy/rights

Religious Holidays

Oregon State University strives to respect all religious practices. If you have religious holidays that are in conflict with any of the requirements of this class, please see me immediately so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Life Events

As {John Lennon? Allen Saunders?} has said: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". I care about you as a person. When life happens to you, send me an email and come see me. I might be able to help. But I surely can listen. You are not alone.

Reach Out for Success

University students encounter setbacks from time to time. If you encounter difficulties and need assistance, it's important to reach out. Consider discussing the situation with me or an academic advisor. Learn about resources that assist with wellness and academic success at http://oregonstate.edu/ReachOut. Students are always encouraged to discuss issues that impact your academic success. If you feel comfortable sharing how a hardship might impact your performance in this course, please reach out to me. If you are in immediate crisis, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting OREGON to 741-741 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Basic Needs

Success at OSU means knowing and using your resources. One helpful resource is the community of staff available at the Basic Needs Center (BNC) for support (bnc@oregonstate.edu, 541-737-3747, https://studentlife.oregonstate.edu/bnc). Students can drop in during open hours and talk with a BNC student leader for resources, ideas and strategies connected to basic needs challenges. The BNC is often known for its food pantry, but there are other resources connected to groceries and affording food and staff who can help you work through housing stressors. Additionally, the BNC Textbook Lending Program offers students the opportunity to check out required textbooks for the academic term. If you are comfortable doing so, please talk with me. I will do everything I can to help you.